interactive architecture

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Please join us for a book release on Saturday, August 13th, at the Neutra VDL house. There will be a panel discussion with several contributors to the book, and Q&A starting at 5:30 followed by a reception.

About the Book:
Recent technological developments in biology, computation, cybernetics, engineering, industrial design, materials, and robotics allow architecture to evolve beyond static functionality and become an active participant—with the capacity to perceive, react to, and connect—with humans and the natural world. The first process-based guide by Michael Fox and Miles Kemp introduced interactive architecture in 2009, and the past few years have seen its prototypical potential unleashed, manifest in the eighteen inventive projects featured in this book. Interactive Architecture: Adaptive World illustrates how structures can process information, make observations, and utilize tools to translate natural systems and create seamlessly integrated environments, from data-driven light installations, responsive sculptures, and performative materials, to smart highways, dynamic spaces, kinetic facades, and adaptive buildings.

About the Author:
Michael Fox is a founding partner of FoxLin Architects and a professor at Cal Poly Pomona. He is also the Co-Author with Miles Kemp of the book Interactive Architecture by Princeton Architectural Press. He is the past president of ACADIA (Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture) In 1998, Fox founded the Kinetic Design Group at MIT as a sponsored research group to investigate interactive architecture. Michael has lectured internationally on the subject matter of interactive, behavioral and kinetic architecture. He has won numerous awards in architectural ideas competitions and his masters’ thesis at MIT received the outstanding thesis award for his work on computation and design processes. Fox’s work has been featured in numerous international periodicals and books, and has been exhibited worldwide. His work has been funded by NASA, the Annenberg Foundation, the Graham Foundation and others. Fox has taught on the subject matter of interactive, behavioral and kinetic architecture at MIT, The Hong Polytechnic University, the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI_ARC) in Los Angeles as well as numerous international workshops.

We are happy to share with you that Michael returned home safe from his trip to Lisbon, Portugal for the “Architecture In-Play” International Conference. The conference was a blast and featured great speakers and lovers of architecture from around the world. Since the rest of the team at FoxLin couldn’t be there, we are excited that Michael took a few great photos for all of us to enjoy!

Friday, July 29, 2016 – FoxLin Architects is hosting a special two-part event: a ribbon-cutting with the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce, followed by a book signing with author and co-founder of FoxLin Architects, Michael Fox. Come and celebrate with us! Click …

Architects Michael Fox (FoxLin) and Miles Kemp (Variate Labs and Series Design/Build) put together the first version of Interactive Architecture in 2009, as a “process-oriented guide” to creating spaces that, with the help of emerging technologies, could interact with inhabitants in a …

Watch the video HERE! Friday, April 15 – Michael led an interactive exhibit for the “Inno Bubbles” installation at Poly U School of Design, Hong Kong (building design by Zaha Hadid). Michael is a visiting professor at HKPU and participated in this …

January 21, 2016 – Michael lectured at the Professional Practice Week hosted by Dalhousie University’s School of Architecture in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The event highlighted for the student how excellent building requires attention to many of the operational aspects of architectural practice. Michael’s lecture focused on innovative architectural design and practice.

Exciting update! Michael Fox will be one of the featured speakers at the 2016 Architecture InPlay conference in Lisbon, Portugal. In a world where the boundaries between architecture, digital design, technology and computation become everyday fader provokes the rise of new …

Amazing project by Behnaz Farahi (Michaels Student at USC which takes the Kinect / Arduino a way beyond the ACADIA project. One of the main contributions of this project is to explore how a physical environment can change its shape …

As communication technology unfolds, our designed environments will be so inextricably tied to our living trends that both will ultimately and simultaneously respond to, and define each other in a corresponding manner. In this course we will develop and prototype …